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Oct 2 |
Asia-Pacific |
Aki Peritz |
4793 Views
It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day static of the media cycle. But one underreported story is how the US has, in the last few months, gone from hero to zero in the Philippines, one of our closest allies in the...
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May 18 |
CIA, Terrorism, War of Ideas |
Aki Peritz |
10256 Views
How do you fight an idea? Governments and NGOs are trying to do so in a variety of ways—community outreach, tough policing, aggressive tweeting—in the quest to ‘counter violent extremism,’ mostly of the ISIS and al...
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Apr 25 |
CIA, Homeland Security, Intelligence Analysis, Intelligence Collection |
Alex Finley |
4828 Views
The following is adapted from a six-part series, titled, “The Intelligence Community: Smart People Looking At Computers,” which is available in its entirety at alexzfinley.com. The front line in any country’s national...
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Dec 16 |
CIA, Intelligence Collection, surveillance |
Iris Hsu |
3872 Views
The Iran nuclear agreement has recently entered the implementation stage, yet the agreement’s critics nonetheless continue to argue Tehran could secretly build nuclear weapons despite the International Atomic Energy...
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Nov 30 |
Intelligence Collection, Terrorism, War of Ideas |
Aki Peritz |
3550 Views
Republican Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has been weighing in on multiple national security topics lately, especially on waterboarding terrorism suspects. Trump had this to say to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos: “I...
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Oct 14 |
Bureaucracy, CIA, Foreign Policy, Terrorism |
Aki Peritz |
3834 Views
Columbia University’s Jeffrey Sachs is one of the most internationally recognized economists in the world. Author of several books—including a few you probably read in graduate school—he’s worked with Soviet bloc...
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Oct 8 |
Bureaucracy, CIA, Congress, Foreign Policy |
Aki Peritz |
3295 Views
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was in New York City the other day for the UN General Assembly confab; while he was sojourning in the Big Apple, he met with several Iran experts and former high-ranking American officials at a...
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Sep 21 |
CIA, Intelligence Analysis, Terrorism |
Nada Bakos |
5501 Views
Last week, The Daily Beast reported some 50 intelligence analysts working for the U.S. military’s Central Command formally complained senior officials were altering the bottom line of their reports on ISIS and al...
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Sep 11 |
Asia-Pacific, Intelligence Collection |
Soo Kim |
2943 Views
South Korea’s press and television media were all abuzz earlier this month over President Park Geun-hye’s attendance at China’s commemoration of the end of World War II (also known as “Victory Day”). News debate...
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Aug 20 |
Terrorism, War of Ideas |
Aki Peritz |
5488 Views
The Telegraph ran an interesting article the other day—a British mother of five from Manchester named Shukee Begum travelled to ISIS-controlled territory last year, and is now trying to get back to the UK. Why? Because her...
